Pop and Play
A podcast from the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University about play and pop culture. Professors Haeny Yoon and Nathan Holbert talk with educators, parents and kids about how they play in their work and their lives, and why play and pop culture matter.
The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speaker to whom they are attributed. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the faculty, administration, staff or Trustees either of Teachers College or of Columbia University.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Comics across Generations with Silver Surfer: Ghost Light Co-creator John Jennings
Our first episode of Pop and Play Season 3 is here! Professor John Jennings joins Haeny and Nathan to talk about comics across generations. A Hugo and Eisner Award winner, Professor Jennings is the w…
Pop and Play Season 3 Trailer!
Introducing Season 3 of Pop and Play, coming February 28, 2023! Visit tc.edu/popandplay to learn more! Pop and Play is a podcast about play and pop culture with hosts Haeny Yoon and Nathan Holbert. T…
BONUS: Introducing the "How's School?" podcast
The truth is, we care about our young people, dare we say, even worry about them. But staying connected to their world and all the complexity they navigate can be a challenge. Pop and Play hosts Haen…
Dangerous Play and the Block 19 Pistol (Crossover with (Re)search for Solutions)
Haeny and Nathan are joined by friend of the show and colleague Lalitha Vasudevan, as well as (Re)Search for Solutions host Sonali Rajan for a special crossover episode. This episode covers a more se…
Choose Your Own Adventure (with Special Guests!)
Nathan and Haeny read Choose Your Own Adventure books and discuss them with special guests: kids! (Books: Space and Beyond (Choose Your Own Adventure Series #3) and Choose Your Own Adventure Eighth G…
He-Man and Pop Culture Representation with Anne Haas Dyson
Haeny and Nathan discuss Masters of the Universe: Revelation, a recent follow-up to the '80s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. They're joined by University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign …
What If...? with Michael B. Dando
Haeny and Nathan talk with St. Cloud State University Professor Michael B. Dando about the Marvel series What If...?! They talk about speculative fiction, what playing with remixing the pop culture w…
Reality TV with Ioana Literat
Haeny and Nathan talk with fellow Teachers College Professor Ioana Literat about reality TV! Haeny assigns Nathan homework: watching Keeping up with the Kardashians, and Ioana Literat guides us deep …
Role Playing Games with Matthew Berland and Antero Garcia
Haeny and Nathan are back for another season of Pop and Play! They start it out by playing the role playing game "Lady Blackbird" with Matthew Berland from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ant…
Episode VI: The Return of Nathan (LIVE with Cassie Brownell and Chris Moffett)
This Star Wars themed live episode (May the 4th be with you) was recorded with a LIVE Zoom audience. Haeny, Nathan, and Lalitha talk with Cassie Brownwell and Chris Moffett about the play during the …
Future Dreaming with Ebony Elizabeth Thomas and Oluwaseun (Olu) Animashaun
Haeny and Lalitha talk with Ebony Elizabeth Thomas and Oluwaseun (Olu) Animashaun about speculative fiction, Afrofuturism, African Futurism, and much more. They discuss the political dimensions of pl…
Sewing is NOT a "girl sport" with Yasmin Kafai
Haeny and Nathan talk with Yasmin Kafai about everything from programming to biomaking. Yasmin Discusses what it means to play virtually in Whyville, program on Scratch, stitch E-textiles, and explor…
Colleagues Quiz with John Potter and Kate Cowan
Haeny and Nathan talk with John Potter and Kate Cowan about their work in the UK on children's play from historical archives through the present day, how the pandemic has affected children's play, an…
Which GIF? with John L. Jackson, Jr.
Haeny and Nathan talk with John L. Jackson, Jr., an anthropologist, filmmaker, and the Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode John talks us t…
20 Questions with Lalitha Vasudevan
Professor Lalitha Vasudevan guest hosts and we learn about Haeny and Nathan’s research on play, why they think considering play is important and what they do to play. Then they all play “20-questions…
Introducing Pop and Play!
Introducing Pop and Play! A new podcast from Teachers College. Professors Haeny Yoon and Nathan Holbert talk to educators, parents and kids about how they play why play matters. Our music is selectio…